Jaenelle Angelline now reigns as Queen-protector of the Shadow Realm. No longer will the corrupt Blood slaughter her people and defile her lands. B...
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Jan 17, 2011
Zeek
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n Book 3 of the Black Jewels Trilogy, The two evil Witches who have wreaked so much havoc in all their lives, Hekatah and Dorthea, continue their scheming to bring down Janelle, the once and future Queen of the Blood, and her kingdom.
Daemon has returned and is finally united with Janelle, as well as his brother Lucivar and all the powerful friends she's made along the way- including the magical creatures who only bow to her.
The book ends with one climatic battle, fought m More...
Daemon has returned and is finally united with Janelle, as well as his brother Lucivar and all the powerful friends she's made along the way- including the magical creatures who only bow to her.
The book ends with one climatic battle, fought m More...
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Feb 29, 2008
Pandem
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"The Realm of Terreille will be torn apart by its own foolish greed. Those who survive will serve, but few will survive."
So said the mad seer Tersa in the prologue in the first book of this trilogy, Daughter of the Blood, and this is when it finally happens.
Everything changes, everything gets torn apart in this book. It's heartbreaking, exciting, saddening, exhilarating, hilarious, agonizing, and breathtaking. . .it's, to use the term, a true thrill ride. It' More...
So said the mad seer Tersa in the prologue in the first book of this trilogy, Daughter of the Blood, and this is when it finally happens.
Everything changes, everything gets torn apart in this book. It's heartbreaking, exciting, saddening, exhilarating, hilarious, agonizing, and breathtaking. . .it's, to use the term, a true thrill ride. It' More...
Jun 29, 2011
Ayse
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So it's supposed to be this whole feminist role-reversal thing, but doesn't commit to it as well as Ruins of Ambrai does. Names are patrilineal, and the whole men-protecting-women thing seems less feminist and more "oh those poor women, we must be strong and such because they are so weak lala it's the Victorian age all over again". Which slightly pisses me off. So it doesn't go into my "feminist" shelf. Or should it? To mark that it tried?
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Jun 05, 2011
Kilina
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As the conclusion to the series it was alright. I think the characterization in this book took a nose dive. All the secondary characters of Jaenelle’s court are confrontational and untrusting which seems out of place following book two. You only get to see what is really going on with Jaenelle through other people’s view points which makes it hard to feel anything at all toward her. Luciver’s sudden change in life status is bewildering and seems to be just thrown in to make the conflict more per
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May 01, 2011
maricar
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Mar 02, 2010
Phoenixfalls
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This concluding novel of the Black Jewels trilogy is the strongest of the bunch. Bishop manages to keep all of her male leads on screen this time, and all the character-building that went on in the previous two books means that I cared about what happened to them all from the start. The world-building is still the weakest aspect of these books (though I finally got, in this third volume, that the only access from Terreille to Kaeleer and vice versa is through portals, so there's very little comm
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Jun 14, 2010
Harmonybites
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I found this a satisfying conclusion to the trilogy begun in Daughter of the Blood and Heir to the Shadows. What stands out to me with Bishop's Dark Jewels series is great world-building and endearing characters. The series is one of those few that is good "comfort food" as well, one of those that bears rereading, curling up as with a visit with old friends.
Is it perfect? No. I could pick some holes in plot; I have style issues (particularly some pet phrases that I could wi More...
Is it perfect? No. I could pick some holes in plot; I have style issues (particularly some pet phrases that I could wi More...
Jul 22, 2010
Teghan
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An excellent conclusion to a really weird series.
I read all three books in about 3 weeks, they were that well written and that well paced. Anne Bishop dares you to stop reading.
I still can't decide whether I liked these books or not. They were very out of my element and a lot of the themes distresses me greatly. However they were a great way to kill a few weeks at a boring summer job.
The end was a tad anti-climactic I felt, but the build up to it was nail-bi More...
I read all three books in about 3 weeks, they were that well written and that well paced. Anne Bishop dares you to stop reading.
I still can't decide whether I liked these books or not. They were very out of my element and a lot of the themes distresses me greatly. However they were a great way to kill a few weeks at a boring summer job.
The end was a tad anti-climactic I felt, but the build up to it was nail-bi More...
Nov 13, 2011
Barb
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“Queen of the Darkness” is the 3rd book in Anne Bishop’s Black Jewels trilogy. After I finished this book, I was totally hyped and couldn’t come down fast enough from an emotional read. Not since Sword of Truth, has a series affected me so much. If you have read my previous two reviews, you already know how I feel about the Black Jewels series. The first book was the darkest, but you became hooked pretty fast, and recognize that Anne Bishop has created a world like non other, and her imag More...
May 25, 2011
Bookworms
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The book starts direct where the last book was ending. Jeanelle is now Queen and it's not easy for her. Because Hekatah and Dorothea want to destroy her and the people she loves. They provokes war between Tereille and Kaleer and Jaenelle have to make some diffucult decisions.
The relationship between Daemon and Janelle isn't easy at the beginning of the book. He find his way to her back but both don't know how to react and handle each other. She stay away from him and he's thinking that she More...
The relationship between Daemon and Janelle isn't easy at the beginning of the book. He find his way to her back but both don't know how to react and handle each other. She stay away from him and he's thinking that she More...
Aug 21, 2009
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Sep 18, 2009
Angela
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This book was great. I admit, I skipped from 1 to 3 but I couldn't stand it..plus, I have 1,3, and 6. I loved the world created. It was pretty confusing at first, but I caught on eventually. It was a very dark series. I probably would not have spent the time reading it if it didn't have that edge to it.
I only want to say a couple of things about this story. First, I loved Daemon. I loved him because of the depth of his love and his purpose in life. If one wants a romantic More...
I only want to say a couple of things about this story. First, I loved Daemon. I loved him because of the depth of his love and his purpose in life. If one wants a romantic More...
Nov 24, 2009
Anita
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I love this fantasy series. (It continues after this book, even if it says trilogy on some of the listings.) The relationships are rich and fleshed out, so much so that you find yourself laughing at inside jokes between characters. I usually think of traditional fantasy books as warrior-quest stories, like Lord of the Rings. (Not my thing!) This one has an interesting world with lots of drama, but at least half of the pages are spent on character development - the plot just gives them something
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Dec 14, 2010
Jennifer
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Honestly, I'm not sure what I think. I had difficulty getting into the characters. Part of the problem was this was my first taste of Anne Bishop's Jewel series (I couldn't find the first two) and I did feel a bit out of the loop. The series is so popular among my writer friends, I wanted to give it a try. I found it interesting, but not as deeply engrossing as I'd hoped.
Not that I'm put off by this. I want to read the first two and catch up. But the book didn't get the raves from m More...
Not that I'm put off by this. I want to read the first two and catch up. But the book didn't get the raves from m More...
Sep 15, 2011
Shelley
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*Rating* 4.0
*Genre* Fantasy
*Review*
Queen of the Darkness is the third of what was supposed to be the last book in Anne Bishop's Black Jewels Trilogy. There obviously have been several more books that followed this one in this series which I may read as well.
Jaenelle Angelline, now 25 years of age, was born as the foretold Witch by Tersa thousands of years before. She is what the kindred call a dream made into flesh. Jaenelle has made the offering to the Darknes More...
*Genre* Fantasy
*Review*
Queen of the Darkness is the third of what was supposed to be the last book in Anne Bishop's Black Jewels Trilogy. There obviously have been several more books that followed this one in this series which I may read as well.
Jaenelle Angelline, now 25 years of age, was born as the foretold Witch by Tersa thousands of years before. She is what the kindred call a dream made into flesh. Jaenelle has made the offering to the Darknes More...
Nov 02, 2010
Marcie
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2.5 stars: I am completely baffled by why these books get such rave reviews. I have to admit there is *something* compelling about the world and characters that Anne Bishop weaves together, though I don't know that I'll ever quite be able to put my finger on what that something is.
The majority of the writing is melodramatic, unimaginative, and contrived. I don't know if it has steadily gotten worse since the first book or if I was just more charitable when I started out. I was al More...
The majority of the writing is melodramatic, unimaginative, and contrived. I don't know if it has steadily gotten worse since the first book or if I was just more charitable when I started out. I was al More...
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Jul 21, 2011
Shortlatte
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I had heard about The Black Jewels Trilogy for ages, but for some reason or another always managed to talk myself out of tracking it down. A couple of months ago, I found the Trilogy at a local used book store and fished out some store credit. Twenty minutes later, I’d gotten home and thought “no time like the present”, and so sat down to read. I didn’t get up again for 24 hours (well, I allowed myself 8 to sleep). Then I drove to the bookstore, bought the com More...
I had heard about The Black Jewels Trilogy for ages, but for some reason or another always managed to talk myself out of tracking it down. A couple of months ago, I found the Trilogy at a local used book store and fished out some store credit. Twenty minutes later, I’d gotten home and thought “no time like the present”, and so sat down to read. I didn’t get up again for 24 hours (well, I allowed myself 8 to sleep). Then I drove to the bookstore, bought the com More...
Jun 01, 2011
Telma
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Mar 18, 2010
Therese
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Book Three of this series made me sad that the trilogy was over. Of course, Anne Bishop continues to write other books set in this world and this isn't the last time you will read about Jaenelle, Daemon, Saeton, or Lucivar, but in my mind this is the close of a big chapter to their story.
Part one of this book centers around Daemon as he adjusts to being re-integrated into the family. Part two is really more about his relationship with Jaenelle, as well as a huge change in the world i More...
Part one of this book centers around Daemon as he adjusts to being re-integrated into the family. Part two is really more about his relationship with Jaenelle, as well as a huge change in the world i More...
Jun 10, 2010
Jill
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Queen of the Darkness is third book in Anne Bishop's Black Jewel's Trilogy. I will try to give a brief synopsis of the book without giving away too much of the previous books. Queen of Darkness is the epitome of good vs. evil. Jaenelle Angelline is now the Queen and she has foreseen that an inevitable war is coming between Kaeleer and Terreille. Jaenelle, along with her court triangle consisting of Daemon, Lucivar and Saetan will fight to rid the realm of the evil that Hekatah and Dorothea have
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May 12, 2009
Katie(babs)
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Queen of the Darkness, the third and final book in Anne Bishop’s Black Jewels Trilogy is comparable to that of the movie, Return of the Jedi. I can’t help but compare this series to the original Star Wars Trilogy. With Queen of the Darkness you know it will be an explosive accumulation of everything that happened in the past two books.
Queen of the Darkness is where Jaenelle has come into her own and is now a very powerful queen in her own right. With all this responsibility placed on More...
Queen of the Darkness is where Jaenelle has come into her own and is now a very powerful queen in her own right. With all this responsibility placed on More...
May 24, 2008
Andy
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Every once in a while I, especially after reading literary fiction for long spells, I enjoy reading pulp. This book tells a simple tale in many words---there's the two destined lovers & rightful rulers of the land and those scheming against them.
While Bishop's writing has improved since Daughter of the Blood, she is still no master of prose---I'd rate her below average as far as published writing goes. She uses trite phrases again and again and again. Most comical of all: "the k More...
While Bishop's writing has improved since Daughter of the Blood, she is still no master of prose---I'd rate her below average as far as published writing goes. She uses trite phrases again and again and again. Most comical of all: "the k More...
Feb 21, 2009
Diamond
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A good ending to a good trilogy of books. A dark fantasy that pulls you into the the web it creates and doesn't easily let go. Characters that make you take notice, and then pull at your heart with all that they go through.
I've always thought that the best kind of book doesn't always have to be perfect in it's writing style, characterizations, or verse. Instead it just has to grab hold of you, make you laugh, make you cry, and leave you wanting more even when it's all over. Thi More...
I've always thought that the best kind of book doesn't always have to be perfect in it's writing style, characterizations, or verse. Instead it just has to grab hold of you, make you laugh, make you cry, and leave you wanting more even when it's all over. Thi More...
May 15, 2009
Shannon
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Now a young woman, Jaenelle Angelline reigns as Queen of Ebon Askavi, but as isolated as she remains she still needs the help of her friends, her surrogate family, her protectors. Daemon, her promised Consort, will sacrifice himself if it means keeping Jaenelle from annihilation as she works her powerful magic to restore balance to the land.
I've already talked about character development and gushed about how much I love these books, so I'll just say a few words more.
I di More...
I've already talked about character development and gushed about how much I love these books, so I'll just say a few words more.
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Sep 23, 2011
Angela
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Fast-paced and emotionally charged, the conclusion to the Black Jewels trilogy is a good read with a satisfying ending. Again, we see the Kindred featured at even greater length--and well deserving of the attention paid to them. The animalistic perspective seems to round things out in this more strategic-themed plotline.
On the down side, I tend to think that the writing was a bit bogged down in the overabundance of characters that had been introduced and accumulated leading up to th More...
On the down side, I tend to think that the writing was a bit bogged down in the overabundance of characters that had been introduced and accumulated leading up to th More...
Oct 26, 2011
Tara
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This book makes as little sense as the last 2, yet you will notice--I still read it. This one had some extremely implausible behavior by the main characters, many more weird invented rules of the world that were not explained and that we were just supposed to accept, and a deus ex machina. I wish I had just reread these other racy fantasy novels which are actually good. Oh well.
Aug 13, 2011
Meredith
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Aaaand...we're finally almost done with this series. This book moved a lot faster than the previous two--there was no slogging through the first hundred pages this time. I don't think I would have liked this one as much had Bishop not finally had Daemon DO something. I am still confused by the ending, though--Bishop implies that Jaenelle has "changed" but then contradicts herself. Whatever. This was an enjoyable book and glad I stuck with it.
Apr 05, 2011
Jessie
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As the conclusion to a trilogy, this book is pretty good, though not as strong as the first two. At this point I found that to make the plot fall into place, a lot of characters who were up to now fairly smart had to be deliberately stupid just to conclude things or to prolonge their suffering a bit. Still it was an enjoyable read and it does manage to end things in a way that is satisfying, even if the way there feels a bit forced.
Jun 26, 2011
Bruno
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Um final digno duma trilogia que surpreendeu duma forma refrescante com um tipo de fantasia completamente nova, cruel e maquiavélica. Vale mesmo a pena ler estes 3 livros. Ainda tentei começar a ler os restantes mas pretendia saber o que acontecia a Daemon e Jaenelle depois da grande limpeza e só me dava visões do passado.
Este último livro traz-nos ao nível mais elaborado as conspirações destrutivas da Hekatah que acha que pode tomar o lugar da Raínha das Trevas Jaenelle e a descoberta da More...
Este último livro traz-nos ao nível mais elaborado as conspirações destrutivas da Hekatah que acha que pode tomar o lugar da Raínha das Trevas Jaenelle e a descoberta da More...
Sep 26, 2011
Thenia
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We finally learn more about Jeanelle, who rules the Shadow Realm and shows us the full extend of her powers. We find closure for some things, while a new world emerges.
Quite a few of the misunderstandings and bad feelings between our characters could have been avoided if they'd simply talk to one another instead of high-handedly doing what they thought was best, even in Jeanelle's case (who has occasion and a base for high-handedness).
Deamon is a favorite tortured character More...
Quite a few of the misunderstandings and bad feelings between our characters could have been avoided if they'd simply talk to one another instead of high-handedly doing what they thought was best, even in Jeanelle's case (who has occasion and a base for high-handedness).
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